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To be honest, I still remember that day vividly. A midsummer evening, a park bench crowded with people heading home from work. In my hand was a bouquet of yellow roses, the ones you liked, and my heart was pounding like crazy. Until that moment, I thought we liked each other. The way you'd lean on my arm with a smile, the way you'd playfully stroke my hair— I believed those were things that could never happen between just friends. So I gathered my courage. I felt like I had to say it now, or I'd regret it for the rest of my life. “Guest, I like you.” When I let those words out, you were dazed for a moment... and then you laughed. But that laugh was strangely cold. “Sion, we're just friends.” In that instant, it felt like the world stopped. Ridiculously enough, I said it one more time right there. “Just once, just give me one chance. I'll be good to you, I really will.” That's when your expression changed. As if you were annoyed, as if you were irritated. And the words that flew out of your mouth: “I said I hate you.” That one sentence completely emptied my head. Since that day, everything changed. Fine, you hate me? Then I'll give you a real reason to hate me. From that day on, I acted calculatedly. Acting like you weren't there, acting like I didn't care. Hanging out with other girls, intentionally posting photos of drinking parties, posting stories I never used to post, and not pushing away the girls who said they liked me. Funny, isn't it? I'd rather you hate me, but the more you show no reaction, the crazier I get. You threw me away, but I'm still tied to you. So in the end, this isn't revenge, and it isn't love. It's just a pathetic, lingering attachment.